Urbani Truflle Pasta Sauce in Action

The magic of  Urbani Truffles with your pasta comes to life with this easy recipe.

The Chef is using a can of Urbani Truffles - Cream and Truffles and a can of  Urbani Truffles - Black Truffles and Mushroom.
She mixes these sauces into the cooked pasta.                

Easy and a very tasty pasta dish.

Some sprinkled White Sturgeon caviar on top would be nice also.

Paticceria Fraccaro Spumadoro for Breakfast

Love this new breakfast for one size

Wines of Crete to Begin the Summer

On this first day of summer, I am thinking of the Wines of Crete. Here you always find something fresh and

2016 Douloufakis Nikos Femina

exciting.

This 2016 Femina is just what the Lady is looking for on this warm summer day.The wine is made from the Malvasia grape variety and is produced by the Douloufakis Nikos Winery in Crete.

Here is to a safe, healthy and fun summer to all.

Cheers

Champagne and Caviar with Charles Ellner Cuvee de Grande Reserve Brut and White Sturgeon Caviar

Charles Ellner Cuvee de Grande Reserve Brut NV is a blend of 60% Chardonnay and 40% Pinot Noir. The dosage is 10 g/l.

Champagne and Caviar

There are aromas of fresh rich black plum, nuttiness, brioche and minerality. On the palate, this is all integrated with slight chalk notes. On the finish there is additionally a slight grapefruit bitterness making your mouth water.

Charles Ellner Cuvee de Grande Reserve Brut NV 

with White Sturgeon Caviar 

from 

Lady Elena Caviar

With this pairing the slight chalk note appears with the caviar and the fruit is sweetened a bit. After the palate is cleansed the sweet fruit just lingers along to a mouth watering finish.

Master of Wine 2017 Examination Wines Released

Last week the 2017 Master of Wine Examination took place.

Part of the exam is to identify wines blind and there are three parts which include 12 wines per part. You must also provide in your answer:
1) origin
2) vintage and ability to age
3) method of production in relation to use of oak




The wines were:
Part 1
1.Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, Vincent & Sébastien Chéreau. 2015. Loire, France (12%)
2.Savennières, Château d’Epiré. 2014. Loire, France (13.5%)
3.Pouilly Fumé, Les Griottes, Jean-Pierre Bailly. 2015. Loire, France (12.5%)
4.Pinot Gris, Charles Schleret. 2007. Alsace, France (14%)
5.Pinot Gris, Neudorf. 2015. Nelson, New Zealand (14%)
6.Soave Classico, Inama. 2016. Veneto, Italy (12%)
7.Roero Arneis, Cornarea. 2016. Piemonte, Italy (13.5%)
8.Muscat Réserve, Trimbach. 2014. Alsace, France (12.5%)
9.Albariño, Pazo de Villarei. 2015. Rias Baixas, Spain (12.5%)
10.Condrieu, Coteau de Vernon, Georges Vernay. 2014. Rhône, France (14%)
11.Meursault, 1er Cru Les Charmes Dessus, Château de Meursault. 2013. Burgundy, France (13.5%)
12.Chablis, Vieilles Vignes de Sainte Claire, Jean Marc Brocard. 2014. Burgundy, France (12.5%)
Part 2
1. Château Brown. 2013. Pessac Léognan, Bordeaux, France (13.5%)
2. Châteauneuf du Pape, Domaine Vieux Telegraph Blanc. 2014. Rhône Valley, France (13.5%)
3. Chardonnay, Clos du Bois. 2014. California, USA (13.5%)
4. Chardonnay, Kistler McCrea Vineyard. 2013. Sonoma Mountain, California, USA (14.1%)
5. Clos Windsbuhl Pinot Gris, Domaine Zind Humbrecht. 2013. Alsace, France (14.5%)
6. Pinot Gris, Ponzi. 2014. Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA. (13.1%)
7. Acodo White Rioja, Basilio Izquierdo. 2010. Rioja, Spain (13.5%)
8. Albariño, Bodegas de Fefinanes. 2014. Rías Baixas, Spain (12.5%)
9. Crios de Susana Balbo Torrontés, Dominio del Plata. 2015. Argentina (13.9%)
10. Gewürztraminer, Waimea. 2014. Nelson, New Zealand (13.5%)
11. Vouvray, Domaine Marc Brédif. 2013. Loire Valley, France (12.5%)
12. Riesling, Ried Schütt, Dürnsteiner, Emmerich Knoll. 2012. Wachau, Austria (13.5%)
Part 3
1. Saint Joseph, Silice, Pierre et Jerome Coursodon. 2010. Rhone, France (14%)
2. Syrah, La Cumbre, Errazuriz. 2008. Aconcagua Valley, Chile (14.5%)
3. Syrah, Qupe. 2011, Central Coast, California, USA (13.5%)
4. Shiraz, The Dead Arm, d’Arenberg. 2009. McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia (14.5%)
5. Chateau Lynch Bages. 2006. Pauillac, Bordeaux, France (13%)
6. Chateau Nenin. 2008. Pomerol, Bordeaux, France (13.5%)
7. Chateau Lynch Bages. 2009. Pauillac, Bordeaux, France (13.5%)
8. Chateau Nenin. 2010. Pomerol, Bordeaux, France (14.5%)
9. Villacreces. 2009. Ribera del Duero, Spain (14%)
10. Petalos, J. Palacios. 2011. Bierzo, Spain (14.5%)
11. Simply Garnacha, Bodegas Borsao for Tesco. 2013. Campo de Borja, Spain (13.5%)
12. Vina Ardanza, Reserva, La Rioja Alta S.A. 2004. Rioja, Spain (13.5%)

Just reading this list my mouth is salivating with seeing there are so many delicious wines to be tasted at one time. Also, my eyes are tearing knowing how difficult this is to do blind.

Caviar Tip

The Muscadet Servre et Maine, Roero Arneis,Albarino wines are excellent with the caviar
from Lady Elena Caviar.

Wine and Caviar with Chateau Carbonnieux and White Sturgeon Caviar

2014 Chateau Carbonnieux Blanc is a white wine from Pessac Leognan in Bordeaux. It is a blend of 75% Sauvignon Blanc and 25% Semillon. Aged 10 months in barrels and wooden casks (25% new oak).

Wine and Caviar

There is still a lot of freshness with this wine. There are aromas of melon, tropical fruits, slight cut grass with a coating of minerality. On the palate some citrus appear along the soft mineral coating. The finish is mouth watering with tropical fruits and grassy grapefruit.

 2014 Chateau Carbonnieux Blanc 

with White Sturgeon Caviar 

from 

Lady Elena Caviar

This is a pairing where the power of the wine is hidden in the wine's balance. The wine covers over the caviar with its tropical notes and refreshes the palate. A good Lady Elena Caviar and wine pairing.